▷ Biography of Javier Alatorre ◁ Age, height, pack, wife, children, journalist

Who is Javier Alatorre?

Javier Alatorre Soria , better known only as Javier Alatorre, is a famous journalist and host of the “Hechos” program on TV Azteca for almost 30 consecutive years. Javier Alatorre was born on January 15, 1961 in Navojoa, Sonora and is currently one of the most credible and important journalists and opinion leaders in Mexico and Latin America.

Biography of Javier Alatorre

Beginnings in the life of Javier Alatorre

Javier Alatorre, originally from Sonora, never had in mind dedicating himself to journalism because even unlike many other journalists he did not plan to study a career in communication or a related field but rather had in mind to pursue a law degree, but when he was sent as part of From a team of reporters to cover a war in Baghdad in 1981 things would change because he really felt a special passion for covering important news for society and at only 20 years old he realized that his thing was to be in that journalistic environment and finally if He studied at the UAM Xochimilco studying for a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Sciences.

In 1979, after working in small news agencies,  Javier Alatorre joined channel 13 Imervisión where, curiously, he worked for Joaquín López Dóriga, who at that time was director of this company’s news program and who years later would be his direct competition in prime time on news. In a short time after demonstrating that he really had the experience and the skills to face any professional challenge, he was promoted from editor to coordinators of foreign correspondents in 1982 and two years later he did his Master’s Degree in Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Trajectory and history of Javier Alatorre

In March 2016 Javier Alatorre went through a bad time when on his live program he reported that his house had been robbed, a group of around 15 people entered his home in Huixquilucan, State of Mexico, the thieves posed as Federal Police broke the doors of the luxury apartments, entered the surveillance center, where they extracted and destroyed the hard drives and security cameras.

The famous journalist Javier Alatorre has been in charge of the “Hechos” program for a very long time, beginning transmissions on February 21, 1994 on TV Azteca, a newscast that was created to compete directly with Televisa, which had the stellar program of the bar. informative with its program ’24 Horas’, by Jacobo Zabludovsky.

Curiously , Javier Alatorre at first was not thought to lead the nightly news on TV Azteca, especially because he did not have the image of a person with white skin and light hair, which was generally a beauty standard at that time, but when the time came to decide who would be in charge and faced with so many indecisions, Javier Alatorre was given the opportunity but provisionally.

In the beginning, he was harshly criticized because he had a very different style from other communicators, including Jacobo Zabludovsky himself, who gave the news in a more serene way. Javier Alatorre , on the other hand, was even called a “spokesperson” because he spoke with a very strong and strong voice, breaking the pattern of stereotypes of that moment, however little by little it was that which made him unique in his field and not only confirmed that The decision to put him in charge of the newscast had been the correct one, but over the years he became one of the most watched by Mexicans, making his famous phrase: “Tonight in Facts, today’s story.”

Among the most important events that Javier Alatorre has covered in his long journalistic career have been the war against Iraq, the death of John Paul II, being him the first journalist in the world to announce his death, laudable coverage against the Coronavirus pandemic, he covered the earthquakes of 1985 and 2017, he was a correspondent for the Persian Gulf war in Baghdad. As if that were not enough, he also has a large number of awards that have endorsed his great journalistic work, making him one of the most important in all of Latin America, such as the “distinguished Navajoense” award at the First Autumn Festival of Navojoa, or Sol de Oro, for Hecho’s leadership and has even won the National Journalism Award in Mexico on several occasions andHe has been considered among the 5 most influential opinion leaders in Mexico by Líderes Mexicanos magazine .

Over the years it has been confirmed that Javier Alatorre enjoys great popularity and unlike many other journalists, especially from Televisa who have been involved in corruption scandals and their level of credibility has been on the ground, Javier Alatorre He has always remained on the sidelines and with an impeccable image, thus being one of the few journalists with the greatest credibility today, his charisma and personality being determining factors so that viewers never miss any of the programs that he does every day to broadcast. the most relevant news from Mexico and internationally.

His great importance within the field led him to be chosen to direct the entire news area at Televisión Azteca, he was also the host of the radio newscast for the Reporte 98.5 station of Grupo Imagen, he was also in charge of Asignación Especial and recently started his radio program Las news with Javier Alatorre on AM and FM on various radio stations of Grupo Radiorama.

In 2019, after the decline of conventional television due to the arrival of new television platforms such as Netflix and YouTube, in Azteca as in Televisa there were many layoffs and the exclusivities ended, before this it was said that Javier Alatorre would be one of those fired because he already had an untenable income for the television station and just when the rumors of his dismissal were increasing, it was learned that not only would he not be discharged but also that he would be one of the only few who would retain his exclusive contract with the company in which he worked. The names of Anette Michel, Luis García, Christian Martinoli, Daniel Bisogno and Toño Rosique also appeared .

After almost 30 years of being in charge of the program “Hechos” by Azteca Uno (formerly Azteca 13) Javier Alatorre is considered one of the most important personalities in Mexico on Mexican television because despite the fact that there have been many changes on Televisa as when Jacobo Zabludovsky hosted “24 hours”, he saw the dismissal and departure of Joaquín López Dóriga and the arrival of Denise Maerker  as well as the new competition from  Ciro Gómez Leyva on Imágen Televisión, he, on the contrary, continues to be strong within his program and being the headline without anyone else having tried to take his place, thus demonstrating the great affection that people have for him.

On April 17, 2020, one of the biggest scandals that Javier Alatorre would have faced in his journalistic career would arrive after he made a rather unfortunate comment about COVID-19 on his newscast “Hechos” . In the middle of the “coronavirus” pandemic that hit Mexico at that time and while all Mexicans remained in their homes in quarantine so as not to spread the virus further and not get infected, Javier Alatorre apparently by order Ricardo Salinas Pliego (owner of TV Azteca) He assured that the Sub-Secretary of Health Hugo López-Gatell was lying about the data that he presented day by day, since according to investigations there were more deaths than those presented by the epidemiologist.“Don’t ignore Hugo López-Gatell” because his figures are false” , was Javier Alatorre’s statement.

In a matter of minutes, his phrase “Don’t listen to him” became a trend throughout Mexico and a wave of attacks against him began, so much so that there were those who called him inducing suicide because the driver and journalist Javier Alatorre was implying that they did not follow the recommendations of Hugo López-Gatell and instead took to the streets to live their lives; something that he never said, since Javier Alatorre was referring specifically to “Death figures”, not to the sanitary recommendations. Curiously, by that time , Hugo López-Gatell had become the most important figure for Mexicans.in relation to the pandemic and his popularity had exponential levels because the love and admiration that people had taken him was so great that memes, videos, parodies, songs, dolls, piñatas and many other things related to him were even generated. so anyone who doubted his words would be strongly attacked and in this case Javier Alatorre messed with the wrong person at the least opportune moment.

The scandal reached President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who considered that the comments made by the journalist Javier Alatorre on his national network program were “an error.” “I think my friend Javier Alatorre was wrong, last night, who called to ignore Hugo López-Gatell, I think it was an attitude that was not well thought out, because Javier is a good person, I think he made a mistake, as we all make mistakes , and also made use of their freedom, everyone can express themselves, there should not be, in any way, political lynching by someone who does not share our point of view ,” López Obrador said, since apparentlyJavier Alatorre was one of the characters who supported him when he was running for president of Mexico and he was always objective with him, unlike many other journalists who mercilessly attacked AMLO. 

Finally, in the following “Facts” program after his scandalous statement , Javier Alatorre in a historical event had to retract his words in full live program, asking for a public apology not only to Gratell but also to the president of Mexico , assuring that it was never his intention to make the audience believe that “the virus was not as bad as it seemed”. As if that were not enough, he presented a face-to-face interview with Hugo López-Gatell to discuss the “discrepancies” in the coronavirus figures, with which he tried to clean up his image a bit, which was strongly damaged by this media scandal.

Personal life and scandals of Javier Alatorre

One of the great unknowns about Javier Alatorre has always been the public’s interest in knowing a little more about his personal life, especially his love relationships, since he has never been known to be in a relationship with someone, whether he is single, in a relationship or married. .

Practically Javier Alatorre’s personal life is an enigma and by keeping it so secret it is more interesting for people to know if he is hiding something or not. Up to now, practically nothing is known in relation to Javier Alatorre’s sentimental life or maybe yes, but since he is the most important image of TV Azteca, they prefer to protect his personal life so that it does not affect (if it could affect) his impeccable image as a communicator, journalist and conductor.

However, the fact that he keeps his personal life so personal has led to the fact that he has been involved in a large number of unfounded rumors by entertainment magazines that Javier Alatorre is gay , it has even been rumored that he is having an affair with an important executive of his television station, although there is also a theory on the other side that Javier Alatorre is happily married with a couple of beautiful children , but to date no version has been confirmed.

Javier Alatorre has also been involved in small “comic stumbling blocks” throughout his career because like everyone he makes mistakes and makes mistakes like when in March 2020 in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic he said that people should wash their hands with ” water and ham ” which caused a wave of memes and mockery of his person or how when he cut his characteristic mustache and the mockery did not stop as they looked, people have also found a great resemblance to the president Nicolás Maduro between many other occasions in which he has also made a mistake in words or has been the target of ridicule for other matters of no importance or relevance.

Pack of Javier Alatorre

Although on social networks and the internet people search a lot for the Javier Alatorre pack or for photos in which he can be seen scantily clad or in sensual poses, the truth is that currently there is no Javier Alatorre pack other than those photos. that the artist has published on his own networks and that could be considered sexy.

How much is Javier Alatorre’s fortune?

This is one of the questions that people ask the most about Javier Alatorre and although they always end up answering it on other pages with “I don’t know” or “it depends” if there are some estimates that various web portals mention. However, it is not possible to make an exact calculation about the fortune of this great star that is Javier Alatorre within the middle of the show, even so, more than being interested in the fortune of a person, the important thing is the talent he has and what he has done that he is among the great figures of the international show business.

Without a doubt, the career of this great star Javier Alatorre will continue to rise and we will be attentive to everything that happens around him, so we invite you to stay on our page for the next updates that we will have in life, career, history and biography of Javier Alatorre.